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NY A05911

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Christopher Eachus

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes the "Vapor Products Regulatory Act of 2025" requiring child-proof caps on e-liquid bottles, tamper-evident packaging, and nicotine addictiveness warning labels on all vapor products sold in New York

  • Prohibits labeling, packaging, or marketing vapor products using terms like "candy," "bubble gum," "cotton candy," "gummy bear," or "lollipop," as well as imagery of cartoons, superheroes, video games, or food brands primarily marketed to minors

  • Bans vapor product advertisements on social media unless recipients are age-verified, and prohibits billboard advertisements within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds, or youth centers

  • Authorizes civil penalties up to $5,000 per violation by the Department of Health, and allows the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief and penalties up to $10,000 per violation for marketing-related offenses

  • Creates the "vapor products compliance fund" to collect civil penalties and fund enforcement, with an exemption for adult-only stores restricted to persons 21 and older

Legislative Description

Relates to the labeling, marketing and safety requirements of vapor products; prohibits labeling or marketing vapor products with certain terms, designs, or imagery; prohibits marketing such products to persons under 21; establishes penalties for violating such provisions; establishes the vapor products compliance fund.

Last Action

referred to health

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Health2/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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